{"id":151897,"date":"2026-02-11T18:34:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/151897\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T18:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:34:30","slug":"prepare-for-traffic-with-many-events-this-weekend-in-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/151897\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepare for traffic with many events this weekend in Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Concerts, shows, games and a parade are expected to cause traffic headaches for drivers in Tampa this weekend. <\/p>\n<p>A concert at the Benchmark International Arena, a parade in Ybor City, and a festival at Curtis Hixon Park would already make for a busy weekend for the city, but adding Valentine&#8217;s Day could further strain parking and traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Tampa is advising people to be prepared for the weekend and provided a list of some of the events planned:<\/p>\n<p>Friday, February 13<br \/>Beer, Bourbon &amp; BBQ at Curtis Hixon: 6 p.m.<br \/>Rascal Flatts at Benchmark International Arena: 7 p.m.<br \/>Straz Shows: 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, February 14<br \/>Tampa United Volleyball \u2013 Gasparilla at Tampa Convention Center: 6:30 a.m.<br \/>Beer, Bourbon &amp; BBQ at Curtis Hixon: 12 p.m.<br \/>Straz Shows: 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m.<br \/>Tampa Theater Shows \u2013 7 p.m.<br \/>Krewe of the Knights of Sant\u2019 Yago Parade in Ybor City: 7 p.m.<br \/>Tampa Bay Sun Game at Suncoast Credit Union Field: 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, February 15<br \/>Tampa United Volleyball \u2013 Gasparilla at Tampa Convention Center: 6:30 a.m.<br \/>Water Street Market: 10 a.m.<br \/>Straz Shows: 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Tampa advises people to use HART buses, the Free TECO Line Streetcar, DASH Service or a scooter or bike to avoid traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed map of City of Tampa road closures <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampa.gov\/road-closures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More info on parking options <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampa.gov\/parking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KATIE.LAGRONE.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Florida Sheriff\u2019s claims about immigrant arrests miss key details<\/p>\n<p>A Florida sheriff&#8217;s bold claims about immigrant arrests reveal a more complex picture when court records are examined in detail.<\/p>\n<p>FL\u2019s Sheriff\u2019s claims about immigrant arrests miss key details<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Concerts, shows, games and a parade are expected to cause traffic headaches for drivers in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[205,276,73293,135,5910,3670,137,136,73292,73294,729,107,208],"class_list":["post-151897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-abc-action-news","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-parking-in-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tampa-parking","tag-tampa-traffic","tag-traffic","tag-travel","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}